NOTE: 1. A verb is made negative by placing "ne" before it and "pas" after it: ne + (verb) + pas.
2. In the inverted question form, "ne" is placed before the verb while "pas" is placed after the subject pronoun: ne + (verb -pronoun) pas.
3. The "e" of "ne" is dropped before a vowel or silent "h:" je n'arrive pas / je n'habite pas
4. the word "si" is used to contradict a negative statement or question:
Ne parlez-vous pas français? Si, je parle français. = Don't you speak French? Yes (indeed, to the contrary), I speak French.

NOTE: There are 4 ways to ask a question (interrogative) in French. The first way is, of course, the easiest, but you will find the 4th way is the most common.

a) straight word order = "Ils aiment la musique, non?" = They like music, don't they?
The only difference from the sentence is the inflection (raising your voice at the end) and adding ",non?"

b) straight word order = "Ils aiment la musique, n'est-ce pas?" = They like music, don't they, or right?
Very close to a) but instead of adding ",non?" you add "n'est-ce pas?"

c) using "Est-ce que (qu')" at the beginning to announce that a question is coming = "Est-ce qu'ils aiment la musique?" (literally) Is it that they like music? (idiomatically) Do they like music?

d) using inversion, or switching the subject pronoun with the verb = "Aiment-ils la musique?" = Do they like music?
NOTE: If there is a noun there as well, it goes at the beginning. For example: "Les garçons aiment-ils la musique?" = Do the boys like music?

REMEMBER that usually there are 3 English translations for the one French sentence:
Ils aiment la musique = They like music. They DO like music. They ARE likING music. Usually your ear will tell you which is the most common in English, but no matter which of those 3 English translations you see, it will be the same ONE French sentence! With the interrogative some of the English translations sound stranger than others: Aiment-ils la musique? = They like music? DO they like music? ARE they likING music?

The examples above were all Affirmative Interrogative. Will you have any difficulty with the Negative Interrogative? (N'aiment-ils pas la musique? = 4th way.)

Mme

P.S. Let me know when you meet -IR and/or -RE verbs. There are fewer of them. Next lesson will be the 2 most used Irregular Verbs: être & aller. Some students constantly confuse them because some forms seem close!